Novel proteins: From fold to function

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Smith, Betsy A ^a   Hecht, Michael H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUO FERRI PROTEIN; FOUR HELIX BUNDLE PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; METAL BINDING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; METALS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 79957970893     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.03.006     Document Type: Review

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